Malignant lymphoma--a 15-year study report.
J Indian Med Assoc
;
1993 Feb; 91(2): 35-7
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-99414
ABSTRACT
Analysis of incidence of different types of malignancies during 15 years showed occurrence of malignant lymphoma in 192 cases (4.1%). There were 82 cases (42.7%) of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 110 cases (57.3%) of Hodgkin's disease. Lymphocytic lymphoma, the major type observed among the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with 58 cases (30.21%), showed a preponderance of well differentiated type (40 cases). Other cases in this group comprised mixed cellularity (2.08%), histiocytic (3.64%) and unclassified one (6.77%). Analysis of the Hodgkin's disease cases showed majority in it belonged to the mixed cellularity type (44.5%) followed by the lymphocytic predominant type (27.3%), lymphocytic depletion type (18.2%) and nodular sclerosing type (10%). The incidence of 14 cases of extranodal lymphomas was 7.3% among the lymphomas with maximum occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract (42.8%).
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Time Factors
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Aged, 80 and over
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Hodgkin Disease
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Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
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Child
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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